Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

Give me a qubit for long enough and a probe in which to measure it, and I shall extract the geometry of our world.” ...

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In simplest terms, the rate at which the universe expands on paper doesn’t match actual astronomical observations. That speed ...

Gamma-ray bursts have revealed that the largest structure in the universe, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, is bigger ...

"All the odd shapes and swirling gas observed in the Perseus cluster now make sense," said astronomer James Lee.

A new study suggests the universe may rotate -- just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of astronomy's biggest puzzles. A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical ...